[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 201 (Thursday, November 18, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S8466]
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  SA 4796. Mr. PAUL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to 
the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 
for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the end of subtitle C of title VII, add the following:

     SEC. 744. PROHIBITION ON DISHONORABLE DISCHARGE OF MEMBERS OF 
                   THE ARMED FORCES FOR REFUSING TO COMPLY WITH 
                   COVID-19 VACCINE MANDATE.

       The Secretary of Defense may not give a dishonorable 
     discharge to a member of the Armed Forces solely on the basis 
     of the refusal of the member, for religious, medical, or 
     personal reasons, to comply with any requirement that the 
     member receive a vaccination for coronavirus disease 2019 
     (commonly known as ``COVID-19'').
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